Clinton residents Angela Christina Lainez-Flores, 44, and her daughter Karen Mejia, 23, both citizens of Honduras, pleaded guilty as charged in a conspiracy to defraud the federal government through the filing of false income tax refunds.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 10:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory vetoed legislation (HB 392) but signed an executive order to implement the priority of the legislation's criminal history verification and information sharing requirements for welfare benefit applicants.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 9:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Philip Jack "Buddy" Catzva, 91, a former resident of John Small Ave., Washington, NC died Thursday August 15, 2013 at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 9:40 pm
By: Announcements
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Latoya Waters spent the last three months completing her General Education Development. She wanted to finish her studies because of pending changes in the program that would have required her to start over in her studies if she had not finished this year.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 9:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Bryan Lee Barnes, age 21, a resident of 3534 VOA Road, Washington, NC died Wednesday August 14, 2013.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 9:02 pm
By: Announcements
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An editorial the Fayetteville Observer published in late June declared that North Carolina is facing a teacher shortage because "teacher pay stinks." This assessment of the teacher labor supply had been prompted by remarks by Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson, who speculated that...
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican Congressman Robert Pittenger, home for the summer recess, has been holding Town Hall Meetings in his district. In a recent one, a Tea Partier rose to ask Pittenger what he described as an easy question, requesting a simple yes or no answer.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 8:10 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The DSS Fraud Investigator reported that a subject misrepresented their identity to gain access to another person’s food and nutritional benefits.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 2:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A memorable example dates back to March 4, 1999, when the governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released the results of national reading exams. They showed that North Carolina was one of only five states that posted significant gains in 4th-grade reading...
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This is Part II of a two-part series. The first part detailed the audit of the Raleigh Business and Technology Center, a "business incubator" in Southeast Raleigh.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. will establish a new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Richard Burr, Renee Ellmers and Bob Pittenger - take note. It would appear that Mitch McConnell and John Boehner are blowing smoke up your posteriors.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:56 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Harold Champion Simmons, PhD, went to be with his LORD GOD on Aug. 12, 2013, at the age of 95. He died in Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home in Washington.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:20 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Emanuel” Bob” Roosevelt Warren of 311 W. 231 St., Bronx, N.Y., died, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at New York-Presbyterian’s Allen Hospital, Manhattan, N.Y.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:17 am
By: Announcements
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